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Another edition of my continuing series highlighting the charitable efforts of past contestants of The Bachelor/Bachelorette.

Flashback Friday Feature: Chris Lambton

A post on fake stakes in stories...

http://urbanpsychopomp.blogspot.com/201 ... takes.html

A couple new topics for ya this week...

Harnessing the muse: So you've got your big book idea down, but how do you find that specific inspiration you need to get through the next chapter?

The Bear Necessities: What writing utensils can you not live without?

A few words on writer's block and how to maybe avoid it.

http://opposingfarces.blogspot.com/

"Maybe he thought his mass army would raise itself, or the Hand of Allah would wave it into existence, a fundamentalist child’s notion of God, much too popular and inefficient at best."

Plus other thoughts on the violent transit of Osama bin Laden.: http://tbdeluxe.blogspot.com/2011/05/ma ... oused.html

The e-book edition of my contemporary Dracula novel Dragon's Ark goes live starting next week!

http://amblerhouse.blogspot.com/

Thanks for reading!

Thomas Burchfield

An Old Critic Shares Secrets (Not me. I'm young and secret-less)

http://www.hektorkarl.com/2011/05/old-c ... crets.html

In today's post I explain why the rise in self-publishing is good for all writers, even those that are published with a trade house and have no interest in ever self-publishing.

Read the post here: http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2011 ... l-writers/

Tell Great Stories: Armed with a Raygun http://sommerleigh.com/archives/3280

Wicked & Tricksy: My Tribe http://www.wickedtricksy.com/?p=329

A post on the personal nature of the writing process, more or less...

http://urbanpsychopomp.blogspot.com/201 ... water.html

AND

Wicked & Tricksy: My Tribe http://www.wickedtricksy.com/?p=329

Oh, did Sommer already mention this: Wicked & Tricksy: My Tribe http://www.wickedtricksy.com/?p=329

My bad. I hadn't realized she had already posted about this: Wicked & Tricksy: My Tribe http://www.wickedtricksy.com/?p=329

:P

Something Wicked this way comes...

http://tlconwaywriteshere.blogspot.com/ ... comes.html

It seems to be a trend that whenever something absolutely cannot be allowed to happen, it does. Maybe it's bad karma. Maybe it's misfortune. Maybe it's irony. Whatever it is, the Harbingers are feeling it: http://harbingercodex.blogspot.com/2011 ... tions.html

I'm new at this, and I broke a rule. I have a book reviewer.

Judith Lynn Marshall's Book Review

She's got lots of links, though, and shout outs. :3

Monday May 9th is the day of New Beginnings! http://claudiea.blogspot.com/2011/05/ne ... nings.html

Why? Well, for one thing, we have... My Tribe, at Wicked & Tricksy: http://www.wickedtricksy.com/?p=329

What? The link is on the other page? Four times? Well, this is a new page, so there! ;)

Today I have a post on incorporating backstory into your story without halting the plot. I'd love to hear other thoughts on great techniques for including backstory! :D

http://maybegenius.blogspot.com/2011/05 ... story.html

A post about taking a break:

http://libbyheily.blogspot.com/2011/05/ ... -back.html